Portland Avenue is among the county’s most biked corridors. It connects downtown Minneapolis and north with the Interstate 494 employment corridor, Minneapolis-St. Paul airport and southeast Hennepin County.

The project will complete a critical bicycle transportation link on Portland Avenue. It will install bikeways, improve facilities for pedestrians and convert a portion of the road from four to three lanes.

Key features of the project

For people walking and needing accessibility features

• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant ramps and sidewalk
• Accessible Pedestrian Signals (APS)
• Durable crosswalk markings
• Countdown timers

For people on bikes

• New dedicated trail
• On-street bike lanes

For people using transit

• Metro Transit D-line

For people who live and work along the corridor

• Retain portion of parking in Minneapolis
• Improve access for all people going to local businesses

Safety improvements and updates for all users

• Additional dedicated turn lanes
• Improve traffic signal timing by utilizing video detection software
• New flashing yellow arrow turn signals
• Revised locations for traffic signals based on usage data and safety needs
• 4 to 3 lane conversion

Next steps

• Minneapolis and Richfield city council approvals of project concept in March 2019
• Final design 2019–2020
• Construction between March and October 2021

Hennepin County

• Zach Rothstein, P.E.
  Project engineer for construction
  zachary.rothstein@hennepin.us
  Phone: 612-596-0410

• Josh Potter, P.E.
  Project engineer for design
  josh.potter@hennepin.us
  Phone: 612-596-0820

City of Minneapolis

• Liz Heyman, project engineer
  liz.heyman@minneapolismn.gov
  Phone: 612-673-2460

City of Richfield

• Olivia Wycklendt, project engineer construction
  owycklendt@richfieldmn.gov
  Phone: 612-861-9789

• Jack Broz, project engineer design
  jbroz@richfieldmn.gov
  Phone: 612-861-9792

Metro Transit

• Cody Olson, community outreach coordinator
  cody.olson@metrotransit.org